News: conferences, events and seminars
This page contains details of conferences, events and seminars either organised and run by SLSA members or of interest to them.
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2020
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Poisoned Air: Are Courts the Antidote?, London
Inequality within International Tax, Copenhagen: call for papers
SeNSS Socio-Legal Conference: Using quantitative methods in socio-legal research, Colchester
Lay Participation in Criminal Proceedings, London
Lawyers in Society: A celebration of the work of Philip Lewis and his legacy, Oxford
TLI Discussion on Medicine, Expertise and Liability, London
Supporting Law Students in 2020 and Beyond: Exploring the why, what and how, Leeds
Science and Justice: The family courts, London
The People versus Jack the Ripper with Michael Mulford, London
British Academy of Forensic Sciences Friends Annual Dinner, London
International Roundtables for the Semiotics of Law – IRSL 2021, Rome, Italy: call for papers
SLSA events and SLSA co-sponsored events
SLS-JAC-SLSA Workshop on Judicial Appointments: ‘Academics as Judges’, Coventry
SLSA Annual Conference 2020, Portsmouth
The Perennial Problem of Disclosure – A way forward?, Bristol
Legal Design: Concepts, methods, norms and examples, London
Interdisciplinarity as Resistance, Gothenburg, Sweden
2020
February
Witch-branding and the Law in Jharkhand: Two-day workshop
Dates: 13–14 February 2020
Venue: National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi, India
Please see flyer for full details.
Film screening: The Oath
Date: 17 February 2020
Venue: Wolfson College, Oxford
See website to view trailer and book.
Fear and Hope: The revolution of individual liability in international law between justice and politics – the case of international terrorism
Date: 18 February 2020
Venue: Rendall Building, University of Liverpool
Speaker: Judge Rosario Salvatore Aitala
See website for details of this free event.
UCL-KCL Environmental Law Symposium 2020
Date: 21 February 2020
Venue: UCL Laws, Bentham House, London
Please see website for details of this free Transnational Law Institute event.
CSLS Seminar Series: Looking for Law in China: Empirical Research in an Authoritarian Context
Date: 24 February 2020
Venue: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford
Please see flyer for full details of all CSLS seminars.
Book Colloquium: The Age of Sureveillance Capitalism
Date: 24 February 2020
Venue: Wolfson College, Oxford
Please see website for details.
Feminist Justice? Academics and judges reflect on the feminist judgment projects
Date: 24 February 2020
Venue: Gresham College, 30 Holborn, London
See website for details. This is an Association of Women Judges event.
‘What is a War Crime? Identifying priorities for prosecution in international law’
Date: 25 February 2020
Venue: Centre for Law, Democracy and Society, Queen Mary University of London
Speakers include: Professor Tuba Inal, Dr Daniela Nadj, Dr Samir Puri, Dr Nicola Palmer and Dr Leila Ullrich
This event will discuss priorities for war crimes prosecutions. Questions to be discussed include whether the international community should be responsible for making these decisions as well as what part in the prosecution process local communities and victims should play. To save your seat, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Network Launch: Researching risk work in young lives
Date: 26 February 2020
Venue: School of Law and Social Justice Buidling, University of Liverpool
Please see website for details of this free event.
Socio-Legal Discussion Group: Constitution-making in a post-conflict environment: a socio-legal perspective of the Libyan process
Date: 27 February 2020
Venue: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford
Please see flyer for full details of all SLDG events.
March
CSLS Seminar Series: The poodle problem: are corporate lawyers still professionals?
Date: 2 March 2020
Venue: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford
Please see flyer for full details of all CSLS seminars.
Liberal International Order in Trouble
Date: 2 March 2020
Venue: Wolfson College, Oxford
Speaker: Professor Sir Adam Roberts
See website for details. A workshop on the same theme follows on 3 March 2020.
Law and Contemporary Issues: The international order under scrutiny
Date: 3 March 2020
Venue: Wolfson College, Oxford
See website for details. This workshop will serve as an in-depth examination of the issues outlined in Professor Sir Adam Roberts' lecture of the previous day.
Socio-Legal Discussion Group: From voluntary to forced migration: a socio-legal overview of Syrian labour in Lebanon
Date: 5 March 2020
Venue: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford
Please see flyer for full details of all SLDG events.
Approach to Law and Legal Method: Speaker series 3 – Simon Deakin
Date: 5 March 2020
Venue: Eliot College, University of Kent, Canterbury
Theme: ‘The Use of Quantitative Method in Labour Law’
Organised by Professor Diamond Ashiagbor, Kent Law School. See flyer for details.
Poisoned Air: Are Courts the Antidote?
Date: 6 March 2020
Venue: Transnational Law Institute, King's College London
See website for details of this free event.
JUSTICE Student Conference 2020
Date: 7 March 2020
Venue: The International Dispute Resolution Centre, London
See website for details
CSLS Seminar Series: The art of justice: reconfiguring the courtroom object
Date: 9 March 2020
Venue: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford
Please see flyer for full details of all CSLS seminars.
Lawyers in Society: A celebration of the work of Philip Lewis and his legacy
Date: 10 March 2020
Venue: Wolfson College, Oxford
Please see website for details. This event is organised by the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies.
Socio-Legal Discussion Group: Title to be confirmed
Date: 12 March 2020
Venue: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford
Please see flyer for full details of all SLDG events.
Celebrating 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Date: 12 March 2020
Venue: House of Commons, London
Harrow Mencap and the Queen Mary University Human Rights Collegium are teaming up to celebrate 30 years of children's rights. See website to register for this free event.
Socio-legal Perspectives on the Rule of Law
Dates: 12–13 March 2020
Venue: European University Viadrina, Frankfurt, Germany
Please see website for details. This is the annual conference of the German Association for Law and Society.
TLI Discussion on Medicine, Expertise and Liability
Date: 17 March 2020
Venue: Transnational Law Institute, King's College London
See website for details of this free event.
Shaping Liverpool as a Child Friendly City: Research showcase event
Date: 18 March 2020
Venue: School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool
See website for details.
SLS-JAC-SLSA Workshop on Judicial Appointments: ‘Academics as Judges’
Date: 21 March 2020
Venue: Coventry University
This event is organised jointly by the SLSA, the Society for Legal Scholars and the Judicial Appointments Commission. Please see website for details. Places are limited so early booking is advised.
Science and Justice: The family courts
Date: 21 March 2020
Venue: Bush House, King's College London
See website for details.
Approach to Law and Legal Method: Speaker series 4 – Ambreena Manji
Date: 24 March 2020
Venue: Eliot College, University of Kent, Canterbury
Theme: ‘Searching for Social Reproduction in African Social History’
Organised by Professor Diamond Ashiagbor, Kent Law School. See flyer for details.
Crime Justice and Social Harms
Dates: 31 March–1 April 2020
Venue: Keble College, Oxford
Organised by the Howard League for Penal Reform. Please see attachment and website for details.
The Contribution of Diversity and Gender to Emerging Technologies: call for papers
Dates: 31 March–2 April 2020
Venue: Convention Centre, Gulf Hotel, Bahrain
See website for details. Call closes: 15 February 2020.
April
SLSA Annual Conference 2020
Dates: 1–3 April 2020
Venue: University of Portsmouth
See website for details.
The People versus Jack the Ripper with Michael Mulford
Date: 3 April 2020
Venue: Franklin Wilkins Building, King's College London
See website for details of this free event.
Workshop on Critical Perspectives on Land Registration: call for papers
Date: 6 April 2020
Venue: Birkbeck University of London
See website for details. Closing date: 1 March 2020.
Lay Participation in Criminal Proceedings
Date: 6 April 2020
Venue: Department of Law, LSE, London
See website for details.
Association of Law Teachers Conference 2020: call for papers
Dates: 6–7 April 2020
Venue: Stirling Court Hotel, Stirling University
Please see website for details. Call closes: 7 February 2020. Booking is now open.
SDGS, Biodiversity and Plant Health: International legal aspects: call for papers
Dates: 10–11 April 2020
Venue: RUDN University, Moscow
Please see flyer for details. Call closes: 20 February 2020.
Modern Studies in Property Law 2020
Dates: 15–17 April 2020
Venue: Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Please see website for further details.
IALS/CHULS One-day Workshop: Academic career development in the law school
Date: 21 April 2020
Venue: University of Liverpool
See website for details.
The Rule of Law in Modern Britain: A core principle or compromised ideal: call for papers
Dates: 23 April 2020
Venue: Liverpool John Moores University
Please see announcement for details. Call closes: 28 February 2020.
Solidarity in the Context of Natural Management Resources: call for papers
Dates: 23–24 April 2020
Venue: University of Catania, Italy
See flyer for details. Call closes: 14 February 2020.
Interdisciplinarity as Resistance
Dates: 23–25 April 2020
Venue: Konstepidemin Arts Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
Please see website for details. This event is supported by the SLSA Seminar Competition.
Technologies of Registration Workshop
Date: 24 April 2020
Venue: Centre for Health, Law and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Please see flyer for details.
British Academy of Forensic Sciences Friends Annual Dinner
Date: 30 April 2020
Venue: Barber Surgeons' Hall, London
Speaker: Ian Kelcey
See website for details.
May
School of Law Postgraduate Research Conference: call for papers
Date: 1 May 2020
Venue: School of Law, University of Leeds
Please see announcement for details. Closing date: 28 February 2020.
Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Abuses and Natural Resources Governance: A study in global law, development and justice: call for papers
Dates: 5–6 May 2020
Venue: Centre for Human Rights and Public Law, Cardiff University
Please see flyer for full details. Closing date: 30 January 2020.
SeNSS Socio-Legal Conference: Using quantitative methods in socio-legal research
Dates: 18–19 May 2020
Venue: University of Essex, Colchester
Please see flyer for details.
Supporting Law Students in 2020 and Beyond: Exploring the why, what and how
Date: 21 May 2020
Venue: Leeds Law School, Leeds Beckett University
Please see website for details.
Voices of Change: Presents, pasts and futures of activism and protest in Europe
Dates: 21–22 May 2020
Venue: University of Birmingham
Please see announcement for details. A limited number of bursaries are available.
Law and Society Association: Graduate and early career workshop
Dates: 26–27 May 2020
Venue: Denver Colorado, USA
See website for details.
Law and Society Association Annual Meeting
Dates: 28–31 May 2020
Venue: Denver, Colorado, USA
Please see website for details. Early bird registration is now open.
June
Legal Design: Concepts, methods, norms and examples
Date: 11–12 June 2020
Venue: City, University of London
Please see webpage for details. This is an SLSA Seminar Competition event.
Impact and Wellbeing: call for papers
Dates: 19–20 June 2020
Venue: Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University
Please see flyer and submission form for details. Closing date: 6 February 2020.
Stigmatization, Identities and the Law: Asian and comparative perspectives
Dates: 23–24 June 2020
Venue: Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore
Please see attachment for details.
Feminism, Law and Citizenship
Dates: 24–26 June 2020
Venue: University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris
Please see flyer for details.
WG Hart Workshop 2020: New Perspectives on Jurisdiction and the Criminal Law
Dates: 29–30 June 2020
Venue: tbc
See website. Further details to be announced in due course.
Genocide and Law: Communicating through visual arts and language: call for papers
Dates: 26–28 June 2020
Venue: Poznan, Poland
This is the 21st International Roundtable for the Semiotics of Law and the 15th Conference on Legal Translation and Interpreting and Comparative Legilinguistics. Please see flyer for details. Call closes: 28 February 2020.
July
Law and Humanities Roundtable 2020
Date: 3 July 2020
Venue: University of Southampton
Please see attachment for details.
SOGICA Final Conference
Dates: 7–8 July 2020
Venue: University of Sussex, Falmer Campus, Brighton
Please see website for details of this event organised by the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Claims of Asylum Project.
British Society of Criminology Conference 2020: Criminology in an age of global injustice(s) – call for papers
Dates: 8–10 July 2020
Venue: University of Liverpool
See website for details. Call closes: 16 March 2020.
Gender Dimensions of Violence Prevention, Mona Jamaica
Date: 15 July 2020
Venue: University of the West Indes, Mona Law Campus, Jamaica
Seminar Convenors: Dr Ramona Biholar (Faculty of Law) and Dr Dacia Leslie (SALISES)
Please see attachment for call for chapter contributions for a peer-reviewed edited collection arising from this event.
August
Law and Digital Society: Re-imagining the futures – annual meeting of the Research Committee on Sociology of Law: call for papers
Dates: 24–25 August 2020
Venue: Lund University, Sweden
Please see website for details. Call closes: 15 March 2020.
September
British Crime Historians Symposium: call for papers
Dates: 2–4 September 2020
Venue: Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, School of Law, University of Leeds
See announcement and website for details. Call closes: 8 April 2020.
Critical Legal Conference 2020: call for streams
Dates: 3–5 September 2020
Venue: University of Dundee
Please see website for details. Call closes: 29 February 2020.
University Association for Contemporary European Studies Conference: Health in Europe Panel
Dates: 6–9 September 2020
Venue: Queen's University Belfast
Please see announcement for further details.
Enhancing Urban Climate Resilience: The role of law: call for papers
Date: 10 September 2020
Venue: Tilburg Sustainability Center, Tilburg, Netherlands
Please see website for details. Call closes: 2 March 2020.
Inequality within International Tax: call for papers
Dates: 14–15 September 2020
Venue: CBS Law, Copenhagen
See announcement for full details. Closing date: 1 May 2020.
November
Other
Oñati Institute Workshops: call for applications
Applications are invited from interested parties to organise workshops on topics within the broad field of law in society. Please see website for details. Closing date: 7 February 2020.
2021
January
SLSA Postgraduate Conference
Dates: January 2021 (dates tbc)
Venue: Cardiff University.
Details to be confirmed in due course.
May
International Roundtables for the Semiotics of Law – IRSL 2021: call for papers
Dates: 27–29 May 2021
Venue: Pontificia Università Antonianum, Roma, Italy
Theme: Global Semiotics and Everyday Legal Claims – Intercultural Use of Law, Interreligious Dialogue and Translation Ethics
See announcement for full details. Closing date: 6 January 2021.
June
W G Hart Legal Workshop 2021: Call for workshop proposals and the nomination of academic directors
The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies is seeking proposals and Academic Directors for the 2021 W G Hart Legal Workshop from law schools across the UK. See website for details. Closing date: 31 March 2020.